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and horseless carriages and electric cars and all the modern 
modes of conveyance, that the horse might soon disappear from 
the haunts of men. Ask the directors of the Horse Show and 
they will tell that, far from losing favor, the horse is grow¬ 
ing in men’s and women’s fancy, and that there is more riding 
and driving now than ever, and greater attention paid to quality 
and character of horses and appointments. This has been 
shown at the Horse Show this season. In point of quality of 
horses and perfection of appointment the display has far ex¬ 
ceeded those of former years. The Horse Show folk take much 
of the credit of this to themselves. They say their annual ex¬ 
hibitions have served as an educator. At all events, they hold 
that the marked improvement is conclusive proof of the increas¬ 
ing popularity of the horse and all that pertains to him. Nota¬ 
bly is this extending fondness for horses marked among women 
and shown in growing numbers of those who have taken to the 
saddle. Directors of riding academies who have been about the 
Garden say that they have had an unprecedented demand for 
women’s saddle horses in the last six months. They attribute 
this to the bicycle. Wheeling, they argued, taught women the 
delight of activity out of doors, and now that many of them 
have found certain objections to the wheel they have turned to 
horseback riding as a substitute, and rejoice in the exchange. 
Still, on the lessons of >the Horse Show the managers point 
with exultation to the hold it retains on society, and reviewing 
the week and the attendance day and night they are twitting 
those who a few days ago were predicting that fashion was 
withdrawing its favor from the show. This gloomy foreboding 
was based on the comparatively small prices paid for boxes this 
year, and led to the belief that the popularity of the exhibition 
was waning in the smart set. It rested with the show itself to 
develop the underlying reason for this failure of the old time 
demand for boxes.” 
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